Ok so does anyone know any info about Baikal Shotguns? Not the new ones that are made now by Remington (i think) and sold here in the states. I have an old one made in the late 70's early 80's if I had to guess and it is absolutely awesome. It's a o/u 12 gauge with very stout ejectors. Top barrel is choked Full and bottom is IC. Bought it for super cheap years ago and it is my favorite trap/skeet gun. I have other much more expensive shotguns but sadly I find myself always grabbing this old Baikal out of the safe. It's ugly but built like a tank and its amazingly accurate and shoulders like a gun 10 times what I paid for it. If anyone could shed some light on these i'd greatly appreciate it.
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Baikal Shotguns
- Thread starter SRE
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Russian shotguns
SRE - I've had a 20ga for about 14 years now and have been very happy with it. Mine has screw in chokes. Very stiff when new but after a couple of hundred rounds handles like a dream. I am by no means a expert shot on the skeet range but in the hands of our local pro I watched him go 25/25, and that was shooting it cold, no practice. Yeah, I know. If something breaks I will probably be out of luck, but so far I think I have more than got my money's worth out of the gun. Enjoy and don't let the $$$ snobs get to you.
SRE - I've had a 20ga for about 14 years now and have been very happy with it. Mine has screw in chokes. Very stiff when new but after a couple of hundred rounds handles like a dream. I am by no means a expert shot on the skeet range but in the hands of our local pro I watched him go 25/25, and that was shooting it cold, no practice. Yeah, I know. If something breaks I will probably be out of luck, but so far I think I have more than got my money's worth out of the gun. Enjoy and don't let the $$$ snobs get to you.
They used to be imported by EAA and were a big seller when I was working at a gun store. O/U, SxS, and single shots were available. Earlier models were fixed choke but later ones came with screw in chokes. As RLWII said, they were very tight when new but would loosen up to just right with some use. Of the dozens we sold, only two ever had a problem that I knew about. One, a 12ga O/U, had a screw vibrate loose. Easily replaced. The other, a 20ga O/U, was used so much and got so dirty it wouldn't always fire. A thorough cleaning returned it to its normal, reliable functioning.
Only problem I ever had was trigger guard screw rattling loose. Bought it used and broken in. Put a TruGlo front sight on it. It's amusing having that in the rack when at the range next to guns sometimes worth 50 times what I paid for it.
scottys1 - mine has the fixed chokes.. patterns like a quality shotgun should at 40 yards in the 30" circle.
scottys1 - mine has the fixed chokes.. patterns like a quality shotgun should at 40 yards in the 30" circle.
Rockhanger
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I've got a sporting model w/screw-in chokes & ported barrells. It's very accurate and shoulders great. No problems so far but it only has around 2500-3000 rnds. through it so far.
They're decent guns, and the earlier ones were built a little better than the current ones, I think; "Baikal" is really just the exporting company's name, though, and if you strip it down, you'll be able to figure out which specific model you've got and who made it (most likely Izhevsk, who produced their Izh-34 for export under the "Baikal" name). Most Russian shotguns will also have the year of proof included with the proofmarks, so that'll tell you when yours was built.
Baikal
I bought a Baikal shotgun - IZH 43 - a SXS......has to be more than a dozen years back.
It works just fine. It is your basic SXS. Affordable (at least it was), metal to wood fit was quite good on mine and still is. The single problem that I had with it was that it doubled on me once. I took it apart and cleaned it. Not a hiccup since. Yes, it was very stiff upon opening``
Pete
I bought a Baikal shotgun - IZH 43 - a SXS......has to be more than a dozen years back.
It works just fine. It is your basic SXS. Affordable (at least it was), metal to wood fit was quite good on mine and still is. The single problem that I had with it was that it doubled on me once. I took it apart and cleaned it. Not a hiccup since. Yes, it was very stiff upon opening``
Pete
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baikal
Reminghton did not make the Baikal's, they imported them from Russia or someplace.
I have a coach gun, and it is not well regulated at all. Plus, the little wedge at the muzzle that acts as a spacer beneath the rib/between the barrels, fell out.
It is stiff as a board, and the stubby tubes do not drop far or hard enough to easily reload w/o some manipulating. But it sets loaded, ready for trouble, loaded w/ low recoil 00 buck.
Reminghton did not make the Baikal's, they imported them from Russia or someplace.
I have a coach gun, and it is not well regulated at all. Plus, the little wedge at the muzzle that acts as a spacer beneath the rib/between the barrels, fell out.
It is stiff as a board, and the stubby tubes do not drop far or hard enough to easily reload w/o some manipulating. But it sets loaded, ready for trouble, loaded w/ low recoil 00 buck.